Learn about the life, work and accomplishments of Alessandro Volta, regarded by most as the inventor of the battery.

Visit The Physics Classroom's Flickr Galleries and enjoy a photo overview of the topic of electric circuits.

What is a battery? How were they invented? Learn the answers here.

Learning requires action. Give your students this sense-making activity from The Curriculum Corner.

Equip yourself with a background knowledge of Volta's studies of metallic electricity and the development of the voltaic pile.

Present physics concepts with a historical context. Let The Physics Front's treasure box of catalogued resources help.

With this applet, you can place a source charge in the workspace. Then insert a test charge and move it around and observe how the potential changes.